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Virginia Slaughter

Virginia Slaughter

D-Index & Metrics

Psychology

D-Index
57
Citations
12007
World Ranking
4041
National Ranking
216

Virginia Slaughter publication distribution in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Psychology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Virginia Slaughter sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 159 publications — 54th percentile

54% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 705 publications or more.

Virginia Slaughter D-index placement in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Psychology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Virginia Slaughter sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 57 D-Index — 66th percentile

66% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 144 D-Index or more.

Overview

Virginia Slaughter is affiliated with the University of Queensland in Australia. Their research spans multiple areas within psychology and social sciences, with a strong focus on developmental and educational psychology, clinical psychology, education, social psychology, and cognitive neuroscience.

The scientist's main topics of work include:

  • Child and Animal Learning Development
  • Child Development and Digital Technology
  • Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
  • Family and Disability Support Research
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Early Childhood Education and Development
  • Impact of Technology on Adolescents

Virginia Slaughter has contributed to key scientific outlets, with frequent publications in venues such as:

  • Journal of Experimental Child Psychology
  • British Journal of Developmental Psychology
  • The Journal of Pediatrics
  • Perspectives on Psychological Science
  • Psychological Bulletin

Some of their notable recent papers include:

  • "Screen Time in the Coronavirus 2019 Era: International Trends of Increasing Use Among 3- to 7-Year-Old Children" (2021), published in The Journal of Pediatrics
  • "Does Neonatal Imitation Exist? Insights From a Meta-Analysis of 336 Effect Sizes" (2021), published in Perspectives on Psychological Science
  • "A meta-analytic review on the social-emotional intelligence correlates of the six bullying roles: Bullies, followers, victims, bully-victims, defenders, and outsiders." (2022), published in Psychological Bulletin
  • "Do Newborns Have the Ability to Imitate?" (2021), published in Trends in Cognitive Sciences
  • "The early ontogeny of infants' imitation of on screen humans and robots" (2021), published in Infant Behavior and Development

Virginia Slaughter has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Aisling Mulvihill
  • Callyn Farrell
  • Mark Nielsen
  • Jonathan Redshaw
  • Ted Ruffman

Best Publications

  • Whose gaze will infants follow? The elicitation of gaze-following in 12-month-olds

    Susan Johnson;Virginia Slaughter;Susan Carey

  • Young Children's Understanding of Changes in Their Mental States.

    Alison Gopnik;Virginia Slaughter

  • Theory of mind and peer acceptance in preschool children

    Virginia Slaughter;Michelle J. Dennis;Michelle Pritchard

  • Theory of mind and prosocial behavior in childhood: A meta-analytic review.

    Kana Imuta;Julie D. Henry;Virginia Slaughter;Bilge Selcuk

  • Culture and the Sequence of Steps in Theory of Mind Development

    Ameneh Shahaeian;Candida C. Peterson;Virginia Slaughter;Henry M. Wellman

  • The Mind Behind the Message: Advancing Theory-of-Mind Scales for Typically Developing Children, and Those With Deafness, Autism, or Asperger Syndrome

    Candida C. Peterson;Henry M. Wellman;Virginia Slaughter

  • Meta-Analysis of Theory of Mind and Peer Popularity in the Preschool and Early School Years.

    Virginia Slaughter;Kana Imuta;Candida C. Peterson;Julie D. Henry

  • Conceptual coherence in the child's theory of mind: training children to understand belief.

    Virginia Slaughter;Alison Gopnik

  • Mind What Mother Says: Narrative Input and Theory of Mind in Typical Children and Those on the Autism Spectrum

    Virginia Slaughter;Candida C. Peterson;Emily Mackintosh

  • Comprehensive Longitudinal Study Challenges the Existence of Neonatal Imitation in Humans.

    Janine Oostenbroek;Janine Oostenbroek;Thomas Suddendorf;Mark Nielsen;Mark Nielsen;Jonathan Redshaw

  • Opening windows into the mind: mothers’ preferences for mental state explanations and children’s theory of mind

    Candida Peterson;Virginia Slaughter

  • Theory of mind and mental state discourse during book reading and story-telling tasks

    Douglas K. Symons;Candida C. Peterson;Virginia Slaughter;Jackie Roche

  • Death understanding and fear of death in young children

    Virginia Slaughter;Maya Griffiths

  • Individual Differences in Theory of Mind : Implications for Typical and Atypical Development

    Betty Repacholi;Virginia Slaughter

  • Learning about life and death in early childhood

    Virginia Slaughter;Michelle Lyons

  • Young children's understanding of death

    Virginia Slaughter

  • Social behaviors increase in children with autism in the presence of animals compared to toys.

    Marguerite E. O'Haire;Samantha J. McKenzie;Alan M. Beck;Virginia Slaughter

  • Constructing a coherent theory: Children's biological understanding of life and death.

    Virginia Slaughter;Raquel Jaakkola;Susan Carey

  • Friendlessness and Theory of Mind: A Prospective Longitudinal Study

    Elian Fink;Elian Fink;Sander Begeer;Sander Begeer;Candida C. Peterson;Virginia Slaughter

  • Effects of Classroom Animal-Assisted Activities on Social Functioning in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

    Marguerite E. O'Haire;Samantha J. McKenzie;Sandra McCune;Virginia Slaughter

Frequent Co-Authors

Candida C. Peterson
Candida C. Peterson University of Queensland
Mark Nielsen
Mark Nielsen University of Queensland
Thomas Suddendorf
Thomas Suddendorf University of Queensland
Shoji Itakura
Shoji Itakura Kyoto University
Henry M. Wellman
Henry M. Wellman University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Paul E. Dux
Paul E. Dux University of Queensland
Julie D. Henry
Julie D. Henry University of Queensland
Ted Ruffman
Ted Ruffman University of Otago
Celia A. Brownell
Celia A. Brownell University of Pittsburgh
Susan Carey
Susan Carey Harvard University

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